'This is how she grew up, this is what she knows... this is her life': Mum-of-two locked up as 'family business' smashed by cops
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA mum-of-two controlled a heroin and cocaine drugs line described by a judge as a 'family business'. Bianca Freeman-Blakeborough, 30, sent out multiple 'bulk' messages to potential buyers over a nine-month period.
Up to 6.8 kilos were distributed, with almost £680,000 made, Manchester Crown Court heard. When Freeman-Blakeborough was arrested at her home in Middleton earlier this year, police seized the phone associated with the drugs line, as well as her personal device.
Messages from her dad were found. He said the drugs line was being run as her 'business'. Freeman-Blakeborough She pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine.
Today (October 1), she was jailed for nine years. READ MORE: Bonfire Night cancelled across Manchester parks The sentencing judge dubbed Freeman-Blackborough's loved ones a 'family of drug dealing criminals'.
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